Page 4: Historical Events In March - 31

1881  On this day in history gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73   

1883  On March - 31 utrecht begins water pipe system   

1883  On this day in history 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"   

1884  On March - 31 jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77   

1885  On March - 31 great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate   

1885  Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist on March - 31.   

1885  Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies on this day in history.   

1886  Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1887  Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On March - 31 alexander Gustave Eiffel raised the French flag at the top of his tower in Paris.   

1889  On this day in history the Eiffel Tower in Paris, 985ft tall, was officially opened   

1889  300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution) on March - 31.   

1891  Erich Walter Sternberg, composer on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history stanislav Wladyslaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant   

1892  On March - 31 adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66   

1893  On this day in history clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937)   

1895  John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man) on March - 31.   

1896  On March - 31 whitcomb Judson, Chicago IL, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)   

1898  On this day in history edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies   

1900  On this day in history brigadier-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands   

1900  On this day in history the first car advertisement to run in a national magazine appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.   

1900  On this day in history brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands   

1900  Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 31 frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies   

1901  John Stainer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1903  Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)   

1905  German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger on March - 31.   

1906  George Bernard Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra", premieres in Berlin on March - 31.   

1906  On March - 31 king Edward VII grants British Columbia's Coat-of-Arms.   

1906  On this day in history gB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"   

1906  Lauri Saikkola, composer on March - 31.   

1907  On this day in history romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt   

1907  On March - 31 eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)   

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0250  Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306) was born on March - 31.   

1360  Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415) was born on this day in history.   

1425  On March - 31 birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)   

1499  On March - 31 birth of pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)   

1504  Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on March - 31.   

1519  On this day in history birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)   

1519  King Henry II of France (d. 1559) was born on March - 31.   

1536  On March - 31 birth of ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)   

1074  On March - 31 death of regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992)   

1340  On March - 31 ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies   

1389  On this day in history death of everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered   

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1578  On March - 31 death of juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered   

1621  Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1631  On March - 31 john Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)